Road Transport
To provide a fully integrated service to our customers, the Victoria Group offers local, regional and nationwide road transport services from its ports.
In total, the Victoria Group handles around 1,000,000 tonnes of road freight each year.
The Group has two licensed road haulage operating centres, at the Port of Seaham and Port of Boston.
Group vehicles operate on a 24/7 basis, originating from Seaham and Boston, as well as Mersey Wharf.
Victoria Group Transport:
The “Victoria Group Transport” fleet of 20 vehicles is managed from the Port of Seaham. The fleet comprises a range of vehicles, including Scania and MAN tractor units, which are renewed every three years.
To meet our customers’ diverse requirements, it is equipped with 34 trailers, including:
The group also utilises dedicated sub-contract hauliers to support the operation.
- tipping trailers
- bulk powder tankers
- new flatbed trailer
- “slidaflex” trailers
- curtain-sided trailers (6 new multi-purpose curtain-sided trailers have recently been added). These are suitable for steel coil and unitised cargoes, alongside four new tautliners (for timber, chipboard and bagged urea)
- specialist and multi-purpose trailers for carrying steel coils
The fleet has vehicles dedicated to local runs from Seaham, Boston and Mersey Wharf, in addition to those undertaking national runs to serve the Group and its customers. Furthermore, Victoria Group Transport’s vehicles undertake third-party work, carrying products such as bagged clay and bricks, when available.
The group are also a licensed waste carrier.
Road haulage and forwarding contracts are handled through Seaham Harbour. Both the Port of Boston and Seaham Harbour also work closely with a substantial number of third-party hauliers, some of whom are dedicated to meeting the needs of particular Group customers through bespoke transport solutions, including powder tankers and tipping trailers.
We operate under the Road Haulage Association (RHA) Conditions of Carriage and Conditions of Storage